Combined parking and stop lamp



Nov. 11 1924. 1,514,921

E. D. MOR ETON COMBINED PARKING AND STOP LAMP Filed Nov. 21. 1923 Patented Nov. 11, 1924.

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or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND;

COMBINED PARKING AND STOP LAIVIP.

Application filed November 21, 1923. Serial No. 676,003."

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that l, Evnnnrr'r D. Monnrolv, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Parking and Stop Lamps-0f which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to improvements in parking and stop lamps, and has for its objeot to provide a simple, cheap and attractive lamp which. can be readily attached to the fender of an automobile and which is operated in connection with the brake to indicate when the automobile is slowing up or about to stop, and which is connectedwith a separate switch to operate the lamp when it is to be used for parking purposes.

The invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement of the parts and combination of parts hereinafter more fully set forth in the following specification and pointed out in detail in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention showing a portion of the fender to which it is attached.

Figure 2 is a front view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a rear view of Figure 1.

Figure d is an inside plan view of the lower section of the body of the lamp.

Figure 5 is an inside plan view of the upper section of the body of the lamp.

Figure 6 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, and in which like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views thereof, 1 designates the lower section and 2 the upper section of the body of the lamp. The said lower section 1 is provided with a downwardlyextending cylindrical projection 3 having an annular shoulder 4: on its inner surface at the lower end thereof, and

two grooves 5 at the upper end extending downwardly and terminating in laterally projecting recesses 6. The plug 7 has its lower endresting on the said shoulder 4 and has a spring retained contact point 8 at its upper end which contacts with the contact piece 9 of the bulb 10. A wire 11 connects the plug -7 with a suitable source of electric supply. The said lower section 1 is also provided with apertures 12 on opposite sides thereof through which the .screws 13 pass.

The upper section .2 is also provided with apertures 14 through which the screws 13 pass. Both the upper andlo-wersections 1 and Y 2 are provided with semiscircular grooves15 in their front ends in which the glass jewel 1-6 is held. The side edges of the sections 1 and 2 are cut so that they overlapeach other when fitted together. The glass jewel 17 fits within the rear of the lamp and isheld therein by the edges 18 around thenopening in the rear and the tapering sides of the sections 1 and 2 prevent the said jewel 1? from moving for- Ward thereby holding the said jewel 17 securely in position at the rear of the lamp.

This jewel 17 is provided with the word Stop thereon to indicate when the automobile is being slowed up and about to stop.

The lamp is connected to the fender of an automobile by having its lower projection 3 extending through a hole cut in the fender and is held by the screws 13. The said screws 13 are each provided with a nut 19 on the inside of the lower section 1, and a nut 20 on the top of the upper section 2, so that when it is desired to replace the bulb 10 the nuts 20 are removed and the upper section 2 lifted off the lower section 1, leav: ing the said lower section 1 held securely on the fender by means of the screws 13 and nuts 19, and when the bulb 10 is replaced the upper section is again placed on the lower section with the screws 13 projecting through the apertures 14 and the nuts 20 screwed down on the screws 13.

The lamp is connected with the brake of the automobile so that when the latter is operated it will operate the lamp to indicate When the automobile is slowing down or about to stop, and is provided with a separate switch to light the lamp when it is used for parking purposes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A combined parking and stop lamp comprising two sections fitted together and each provided with diverging sides and a semi-circular groove in its front end and an opening at the rear end, the edges of said opening projecting inwardly, a glass jewel fitted in the grooves in the front end of the lamp, and a glass jewel fitted in the rear of the lamp back of said inwardly projecting edges.

2. A combined parking and stop lamp comprising two sections the sides of which diverge from the front to the rear, said two sections being fitted together with their edges overlapping, the lower section having a downwardly-extending cylindrical projection provided with a shoulder on its inner lower end and apertures on each side of said projection and a semi-circular groove on its front end and its rear end having an opening with the edges thereof turned in at right angles to the sides, the upper section having a semi-circular groove in its front end and two apertures in vertical alignment with the apertures in the lower section when fitted together, and an opening at the rear with its edges turned in at right angles to the sides, a glass jewel fitted in the semi-circular grooves in the front ends of said sections, a jewel fitted in the rear end back of said inwardly projecting edges, means to hold the two sections together, a plug fitted in said cylindrical projection of the lower section, and a bulb fitted in said cylindrical projection and having its lower end in contact with the said plug.

3. A combined parking and stop lamp comprising two sections, the lower section being provided with a downwardly-extending cylindrical projection having a shoulder on its lower inner surface, said two sections being fitted together and each provided with diverging sides and a semi-circular groove in its front end and an opening at the rear end, the edges of said rear opening projecting inwardly, a glass jewel fitted in the grooves in the front end of the lamp, and a glass jewel fitted in the rear of the lamp back of said inwardly-projecting edges.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EVERETT D. MORETON. 

